EU antitrust chief defends probe of Google US tech giants
EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager, seen at her Brussels office this month, spoke at a Washington forum on Monday Europe' ...
Secure processing subsystem based on ARC’s SEM processors
Recognising that security touches all the markets its addresses, Synopsys’ ARC division has launched a preverified hardware and software IP package intended to secure high value embedded applications.
Bringing harmony to discord in the IoT world
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and Computer Engineering Billions of devices are connected to wireless networks all over the ...
Intel chips loaded in Waymo self-driving minivans
Waymo CEO John Krafcik displays a customized Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid at the Detroit auto show that will be used for Google's autonomous ...
Fake news more likely to thrive online due to lowered fact-checking
The power and proliferation of fake online news stems not only from its apparent ubiquity but also from a sense of the presence of others th ...
New self-powered paper patch could help diabetics measure glucose during exercise
A new paper-based sensor patch developed by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York could allow diabetics to effe ...
Wisconsin governor signs $3 billion Foxconn bill into law
Gov. Scott Walker signed a $3 billion incentive package Monday for Foxconn Technology Group to build a flat-screen plant in southeastern Wis ...
Putting smart weapons to the test
University of Delaware Professor Fouad Kiamilev (electrical and computer engineering) holds the heart of an early infrared projector prototy ...
Lighter weights lower costs in additive manufacturing
Critical instant analysis, a new process for improved structural optimization in additive manufacturing, unveils the possibility of designin ...
'Smart meters need a rapid rethink' researchers say
The official UK smart meter network was switched on in November 2016 and since then smart meter devices have been installed in millions of h ...
Developing roads that can generate power from passing traffic
Researchers are looking at advanced materials for roads and pavements that could generate electricity from passing traffic. ...
A solar cell you can put in the wash
A photo of the ultra-thin organic solar cells. Credit: RIKEN Scientists from RIKEN and the University of Tokyo have developed a new type of ...
A simple additive to improve film quality
Photovoltaic wafers developed for use in solar cells. The new perovskite thin films have improved structure and efficiency Credit: © 20 ...
How better data would improve the electricity market
The Australian Electricity Regulator is investigating whether wholesale electricity generators in New South Wales are bidding "in good ...
New life for aging scooter batteries
Swiss Post has a total of over 6,300 electric Kyburz DXP scooters in service. Credit: Kyburz Switzerland AG What can we do with aging scoot ...
Ultrahaptics opens US office in Silicon Valley
Mid-air haptics experts, Ultrahaptics, has opened its first US office in Silicon Valley. The office, which is based in Palo Alto, will house the company’s US team.
'Confusion and resistance' slows down UK smart meter rollout
Smart meter campaign poster in London Underground. Credit: Benjamin Sovacool Lack of consumer engagement, insufficient information, and ina ...
A carbon tax would not cause too much grief at the gas pump
Credit: University of Michigan A new report from the University of Michigan Energy Survey offers insight into how American consumers would ...
Oxis and NASA to progress lithium sulphur cell technology
Battery pioneer Oxis Energy is to work with NASA in a move intended to improve its high specific energy lithium sulphur (LiS) cells. According to Oxis, the agreement will help NASA to improve its unde
EU Commission calls for 'Airbus of batteries'
European Commission Vice-President for energy Maros Sefcovic gives a press conference on the Clean Energy package at the EU headquarters in ...
New study measures human-robot relations
QUT researcher Nicole Robinson with Andy the robot. Credit: Queensland University of Technology A QUT researcher is leading a new study to ...
3-D printing materials for wound care and decorative elements
Cellulose nanofibrils have properties that can improve the characteristics of bio-based 3-D-printing pastes. VTT Technical Research Centre o ...
ePaper collaboration agreement extended
E Ink is renewing its master supply agreement (MSA) with Plastic Logic in a move intended to speed the market adoption of ePaper displays. The latest MSA is said to provide a commercial framework for
Testing bridges for safety after major hurricanes like Irma
Credit: Florida International University After Hurricane Irma hit, there was a major concern about South Florida's bridges, mainly the ...
Flexible supercap to power medical implants
Looking to develop an alternative to the rigid batteries that power-up medical implants, a team from Queen’s University Belfast has developed a flexible and organic supercapacitor with a longer cycle
Benchmark shows ‘huge MCU efficiency differences’
Benchmarking consortium EEMBC has launched ULPMark-PeripheralProfile (ULPMark-PP), a tool intended to measure the energy efficiency of MCUs and commonly used programmable peripherals. According to the
Snapchat scrubs Al-Jazeera in Saudi Arabia
Image messaging service Snapchat has blocked access to Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera for users in Saudi Arabia Global image messaging servi ...
China detains man for service to evade internet firewall
Chinese authorities have detained a software developer for selling computer services that allow internet users to evade China's "Gr ...
Nike's 'connected jersey' aims to put NBA fans front and center
Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin wears one of the new league jerseys representing a new partnership between Nike and the NBA, in Los ...
Rickshaws to jump start India's all-electric drive
A sales executive talks about Mahindra's electric car "e2o Plus", on display at a showroom in New Delhi India will roll out n ...
Apple Dell join bid to buy Toshiba's chip business: US fund
Toshiba said last week it had picked the Bain Capital-led consortium as the leading candidate to buy its prized chip business in a deal repo ...
Five trends at the Frankfurt auto show
A shark on wheels At this year's Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), automakers are pulling out all the stops to dazzle visitors ...
Equifax executives step down after major hack (Update)
The Equifax chief information officer and head of security will retire, effective immediately, as "part of the company's ongoing re ...
Dubai awards contract for final phase of solar park
Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park on March 20, 2017, at the solar plant in Dubai ...
Equifax executives step down after major hack
The Equifax chief information officer and head of security will retire, effective immediately, as "part of the company's ongoing re ...
New iPhones may spur a surge in augmented reality
The runaway success of "Pokemon Go" last year taught the world at least two things. One: Lots of people love Pokemon. And two: Cre ...
Facebook opens AI lab in Canada with Trudeau on hand
"Creativity is the driving force behind our prosperity, not just in Montreal but across Canada," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sai ...
Swiss state blocks cyberattack but another hits contractor
Switzerland's government says state cyber-experts detected and prevented an attempted cyberattack on the Swiss defense department, while ...
Jim Rossman: Load these five emergency apps before the next disaster strikes
In the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, I think it's a good time to recommend some apps for your smartphone that you should have ...
Gadgets: Smart sweeper maps territory to clean
Deebot Once you prepare your house for vacuuming, the only thing left to do to clean your floors and carpet is to press a button. From ther ...
Bitcoin ... the way to the future or path to financial ruin?
In this Monday, March 31, 2014, file photo, Tim McCormack, of Boston, inserts cash into a Liberty Teller ATM while purchasing bitcoins at So ...
France slams Silicon Valley for skirting tax in Europe
le French Economy Minister Bruno Le "We need to make sure in Europe that all companies are paying their fair share of tax, that is the ...
Samsung creates $300 million fund to support auto-related startups and technologies
Samsung Electronics and Harman have jointly launch a new Autonomous/ADAS Strategic Initiative, focused on developing innovations for next-generation, smart, connected vehicles.
£40 million metrology research centre gets official launch
The Future Metrology Hub, funded by the EPSRC and industry has been officially launched.
Coffee technology: How to brew like a barista at home using the latest gear
In this age of high-end coffee, every trip to the cafe is a theater experience. We watch the barista measure out the coffee on a digital sca ...
Spotify and Hulu team up to bring $4.99 subscription bundle to students
In the arms race for streaming supremacy, music and television services online have become more divided than ever. ...
Inside Job: He helps people secure their passwords with Keeper
What's it really like to work at Chicago startups and tech companies? Blue Sky's Inside Job lets people on the ground tell us in the ...
Modelling a city's minuscule changes
Using a combination of satellite imagery and computer modelling, the Zhu team can predict buildings' deformations at the millimeter scal ...
Facebook revamps policy after report on anti-Semitic targeting
Facebook says it is blocking the ability of advertiser to reach people categorized as anti-Semitic after a news report which showed messages ...
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi bets on spike in electric cars
Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance, speaks at a press conference held in Paris, France, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. The R ...
LG loses European appeal against 541 mn euro fine: firm
South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics has lost its final appeal against a giant price-fixing fine imposed by the European Union and ...
Pizza delivery by robot cars has arrived with big questions
Ford and Dominos have teamed up to deliver pizza by driverless cars in a public test in Michigan. Credit: Handout People in Ann Arbor, Mich ...
Cost effective SiC chip design and manufacture
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a way to design and make silicon carbide (SiC) power devices that can regulate power more effectively. The process – called PRESiCE – is
Facebook let advertisers place ads to reach 'Jew haters'
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Facebook allowed advertisements targeted at people who have expressed interest in anti-Semitic topics such as &qu ...
Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in planned IPO
Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish maker of "Angry Birds" and other popular mobile games, says that its initial public share offerin ...
Video game players get varsity treatment at more US colleges
In this Aug. 25, 2017, photo, Connor Nguyen, at right, and Griffin Williams, second from right, compete in a "Super Smash Bros. Melee&q ...
Renault-Nissan promises 12 new electric vehicles by 2022
The Renault-Nissan alliance is ramping up electric car production, vowing 12 new models by 2022 and to make electric cars 30 percent of its ...
Can MoviePass save theaters? The CEO crunched the numbers and says yes
Vegging out on the couch watching movies streamed from services like Netflix, Amazon or Hulu is today's great American pastime. But one ...
Project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures
A project led by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will combine artificial intelligence with massive amoun ...
Google hit with class action lawsuit over gender pay
This Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, photo shows a Google sign at a store in Hialeah, Fla. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees ...
UPS adds three all-electric delivery trucks to its fleet
UPS is introducing all-electric delivery trucks to its U.S. fleet. ...
Federal Trade Commission investigating Equifax breach
The Federal Trade Commission has become the latest authority to announce an investigation into the massive security breach at credit agency ...
Are you OK with using your face to unlock your iPhone?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Your passcode can be hacked, but your face is yours and yours alone. That's the thinking behind Apple's l ...
South Dakota court rejects law aimed at online sales taxes
South Dakota's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that would require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes on in-state ...
New Google Pixel smartphone debut expected October 4
Google has invited media to an October 4 event expected to unveil a new version of its Pixel smartphone, the first of which was released las ...
We visit Apple Park. It one-upped iPhone X (and was pretty pungent).
Credit: Apple Apple Park smells like ... manure. That's because the grounds on this 175-acre campus—call it a shrine to Steve Jobs—are ...
Want to sue Equifax? Chatbot can help.
Are you one of the up to 143 million Americans who had their personal info hacked in the massive Equifax data breach? ...
Got old phones? Here's how to reuse recycle or sell them
In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, Lisa Gao compares a black iPhone 7, right, with her iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Aven ...
iPhone X is Apple's latest attempt at a Samsung killer. But it's coming late.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple pulled out all the stops Tuesday for its most important event in three years: The unveiling of the new iPho ...
Amazon's surprise plan for second headquarters is a bold experiment
Amazon.com is about to test whether expertise delivering packages across a continent translates to skill in getting executives in far-flung ...
Japan commission supports nuclear power despite Fukushima
In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma, Japan, as the ...
Tesla sets semi-truck debut for October 26
Tesla, which is broadening its lineup of electric cars, also plans to unveil a semi-truck next month in California Tesla plans to unveil a ...
China's sharing economy now embraces sex dolls
China has shared bikes, umbrellas, and basketballs, but one company is taking the country's love affair with the "sharing econ ...
Fitness trackers could benefit from better security study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The security of wearable fitness trackers could be improved to better protect users' personal data, a study s ...
US watchdog confirms probe of huge Equifax data breach
A US consumer protection watchdog agency said Thursday it has begun an investigation into a massive data breach at credit bureau Equifax tha ...
Sensors in your smartphone could make roads greener
Researchers hope to make cars energy efficient by measuring road conditions through your smartphone. Credit: CROWD4ROADS By combining car s ...
Underwater wireless optical communications system for streaming high quality live video
Abdullah Al-Halafi checks the received optical signal power through the underwater channels. Credit: KAUST A flexible and cost-effective te ...
Meet the E-dumper the world's largest electric vehicle
Until last year, the Komatsu dumper truck chugged around the cement works quarry powered by its Diesel engine. In a few months, it will be e ...
Researchers identify opportunities to improve quality reduce cost of global food assistance delivery
Mark Brennan (left) and Prithvi Sundar are graduate students working with MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation to better ...
The impacts of a chemical reaction known to cause structural problems in concrete dams
Researchers from the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, the University of New Brunswick, and Oregon State University visited the Mactaquac Dam ...
Reports: China orders bitcoin exchanges to shut down
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Regulators have ordered Chinese bitcoin exchanges to close, two business newspapers reported Thursday, after unce ...
Supposedly gay-identifying AI tells us more about stereotypes than the origins of sexuality
Two Stanford researchers used a deep neural network to detect sexuality from profile pictures on a US dating website. Credit: Shutterstock/V ...
With iPhone X Apple is hoping to augment reality for the everyman
The iPhone X is here, which means Apple's push into augmented reality (AR) begins in earnest. ...
How solar power can protect the US military from threats to the electric grid
Using solar power could give the U.S. military some advantages – and more security. Credit: Diane Durden/U.S. Marine Corps As the U.S. mili ...
Research shows social media is no substitute for local news coverage
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Once, when discussing our changing habits online, Mark Zuckerberg told his colleagues, "a squirrel dying in ...
Wisconsin Legislature to approve $3B incentive for Foxconn
The deal to develop a massive Foxconn plant in Wisconsin will be virtually complete Thursday when the state Legislature votes to approve a $ ...
UltraSOC expands after $6m investment
UltraSoC has announced what it calls a ‘significant global expansion’ to address demand for more sophisticated chips in a range of electronic products. Rupert Baines, pictured, UltraSoC’s CEO, said: “
Worries hit consumer market over US ban of Kaspersky
This Monday, May 22, 2017, file photo shows a Best Buy sign at a store in Hialeah, Fla. Best Buy said it will no longer sell software made b ...
Trump blocks Chinese purchase of US semiconductor maker
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked a Chinese government-financed firm's acquisition of an Oregon semiconductor maker on na ...
Long range transmission almost zero power consumption
University of Washington researchers say they have demonstrated that devices consuming almost no power can transmit data over 2.8km. The demonstration, said to break a long-held barrier, could enable
Samsung steps up push into autonomous driving technology
Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will invest 75 million euro ($89 million) in TTTech, a Vienna, Austria-based company that makes aut ...
New device reveals spinning head of sperm and gives scientists clearest view of its 3-D motion
Holographic microscope developed at UCLA presents new details of sperm locomotion in 3-D. Credit: UCLA Ozcan Research Group Scientists have ...
Startup develops animal detection system to prevent roadkill
Through means of sensors e transmitters, an animal detection system aims to feed message boards for drivers hundreds of meters before wild s ...
Waymo suit against Uber on road to trial
Waymo, the former Google car division headed by John Krafcik, pictured her at a January auto show, is preparing for trial in its lawsuit aga ...
US bans government use of software from Russian firm Kaspersky
A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee typing on a computer keyboard at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky ...
Protecting the power grid with circuit simulation methods
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering In December 2015, Russian hackers allegedly pummeled U ...
Carmakers see promise of bonanza in eastern Europe
At Frankfurt's IAA auto show, European carmakers are looking east for growth. As Frankfurt's IAA auto show gets under way, European ...
Better cheaper bio-ink may be used to create artificial organs
UBC Okanagan's Keekyoung Kim has great hopes for the bio-ink he is researching in his lab. Credit: UBC Okanagan A new bio-ink that may ...
New manufacturing process for SiC power devices opens market to more competition
Silicon carbide power devices, like the one shown here, are more efficient than their silicon counterparts. Credit: NC State University Res ...
Artificial 'skin' gives robotic hand a sense of touch
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, all ...